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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
The Cholera Year.

The late heated term which took such
severe hold upon the western and south
ern cities has not had its equal since
1854. But to the heated term of that
year was added the Asiatic cholera,
which almost decimated the cities of
st. Louis, Chicago and Detroit. The
season had been unusually backward
and the heat in all its intensity came on
in the early part of July. Rumors had
come up from the lower Mississippi that
cholera had made its appearance. A
few days later it had reached Cairo, at
the junction of the Ohio and Missis-
sippi rivers. From there it spread up
the Mississippi and up the Ohio, and
then up the Wabash, taking in its
course the cities of Evansville, In
dianapolis, Louisville and Cincinnati.
The panic was immense. Work was
stopped on all the railroads. Laborers
and others rushed for the North,
hundreds dying daily on the passage.
Detroit was the largest sufferer, and
next to Detroit st. Louis and Chicago.
The hotels at Niagara Falls were emp
tied of guests. Buffalo also suffered
severely. 1t was not till nearly the first
of August that the scourge showed
signs of retreating That year was
known as year in which the immigra-
ton from Europe was immense, and
most of the immigrants were bound to
the new Western States. The scenes
along the lines of the Michigan South
ern and Michigan Central railroads were
heart-rending, as the poor creatures
would hustle out of the ill-ventilated
cars only to drop dead in the bitches on
either side of the tracks in their insane
desire to quench thirst.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24

was never to hear from you again, and
to-day, on looking over your last epistle,
l discovered had never answered it.
Now, Sybil, if you have really EN-
barked in your projected enterprise
and have got your house full of chill
dren, think you will have no difficulty
in understanding ,chy l had forgotten
to answer it; you will only wonder how
| have ever written at all. You were
quite right when you said my hands
and heart were full of "home mis-
sions" They are so full there never
seems to be chence for any other
mission work. Knit socks for the
heather, indeed! If could keep Sam
uel, Bartholomew and the twins in
socks l would be thankful, let alone
night-caps!
We have had regular siege at our
house this hot weather-and say what
you will, Sybil, about your lonely life
and all that, if you get neuralgia or
sun-stroke you have only your own
aches to bear. In the first place the
hired man got a sun-stroke, one hot
afternoon, while pitching hay; and a
pretty fuss we had over him, with the
doctor, brandy, ice-water, ct c@terd.
Then, before he had got in fair work.
ing order, Samuel drank too much ice
water and ate too many green peas and
got the cholera morbus. That was
worse than the hired mans sun-stroke.
Then, in few days, the twins had
cholera infantum and nearly died; but,
thanks to my good nursing, they are
pretty we'll again. And you may sup
pose l am nearly beat out. Will you
take the twins into your old maids
home for children" and let me have
time to breathe ? After all, presume
Samuel won't be willing to let them &C
away, and Samuel is very "set" in his
way. Not that he is worse than other
men-not bit; it's a way men have
mostly after they are married. You
would think in their counting days that
they had no will but yours, but you
just wait and see!
have no doubt your sympathy fol-
" Bricktop" was altogether wasted
d" Too good for you,' was he? If yor
had married him you might have dis
covered your mistake. You imagine he
would al,CdyS have trotted around a
your beck and nod, as he did thenf
Not bit of it, Sybil; he was only
"biding his time" and all the reason il
he isn't snubbing you royalty to-day anC
ordering you about is that you though
he was too good, and logged on anC
left him. presume Mrs. C Bricktop
has not discovered yet that he is toe
good for her. What if the winter even
ing's are long and lonely, and the wine
| signs around the house like dirge
Isn't that better than the hoarse mutter
ings and grumblings of Bricktop
or some other masculine biped?
I" In whatever station in life you ar
: placed, Herewith be content IF yo
can.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
SCOT Water for Plants.

Many florists state from experience
that soot-water is safe and excellent
fertilizer for plants, including those in
pots. 1t is used for all plants that re-
quire manure-water at all, say for roses,
pelargoniums, abutilons and such Wig
orous-growing plants. When the pots
are full of roots it seems to be specially
beneficial. The water is thus pre-
pared: Tie up one-half peck of SCOT
in cloth bag; throw it into a nine
gallon cask of hot water; work the bag
well in the water, which should stand
until clear, when it may be used, after
being diluted with clear water Judg-
ment must be used as to the proper
strength. 1t would be better used too
weak than too strong.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
Brass Band i'm 1777.

The one hundred and eleventh ami
versary of the declaration of American
independence was celebrated socially,
and the number of musicians who found
employment on that day no doubt eX-
ceeded the entire number of soldiers in
the revolutionary armies which fought
and won independence. What strik-
ing contrast does this present to the
celebration of the first anniversary of
the declaration, which took place in
Philadelphia, by order of congress, July
4, 1777. AT that time military bands
were very scarce in this country,
particularly outside of the British army
lines. Among the bands in the British
army was German band, attached to
the Hessian troops under General Rail,
which were stationed at Trenton in the
winter of 1776. General Washington,
no doubt, felt the need of a good
military band, and the night after
Christmas, in 1776, although Generals
Cadwallader and Ewing gave it up as
hopeless, he crossed the ice in the
Delaware river during the night and
marched nine miles through the freez-
ing sleet to Trenton, where he scooped
not only General Rail and all his
Hessian troops, but the brigade band as
well, which was a nice Christmas pres
ent to congress for the celebration of
the first anniversary of the declaration
of independence. The Hessian band
of musicians, so the chronicles say, was
the principal feature of the pageant
which took place in Philadelphia on
July 4, 1777. These same musicians
afterward did good service in providing
! inspiration for patriotic celebrations,
and became good American citizens
after the war.--American Musician.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
Man the Last of the Series.

There can be but little doubt that the
earth has at last reached the maturity
of her powers. She is like ripe apple
upon the bough. Henceforth its excel
lence must slowly decline. The game
of life upon this planet has been es-
sentially played, That is, no new de-
velopments remain, no new species on
any extended scale, as in the past, are
to appear. The bird has been evolved
from the reptile, but the bird is doubt
less the top of that branch of our tree
of life; no new form is to be evolved
from the bird. We know pretty well
the descent of the horse; he has arisen
through various lower and lesser forms;
but probably nothing is to come after
the horse. The same with other forms.
No higher form is to succeed man as
he has succeeded the lower. Monkeys
and orang- outangs are left behind; they
will not give birth to being superior to
themselves; they are twigs that have
been outstripped by other and more
favored branches. Man is the last of
the series,-John Burroughs, in the
Epoch.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
In Rome.

The general appearance of the city of
Rome is not that of an ancient one by
any means. To us it was very oriental
looking. The costumes of the lahoring
class were of that makeup, while the
streets swarmed with the donkey, which
animal, loaded to twice his size and
ornamented with bells, logged through
the narrow streets, making it appear to
me more like an eastern city should.
Rome, the at one time " mistress of the
world" certainly contains in its ruins
that to perfectly satisfy one. Our dis
appointments were but few. The Pan
theon, Coliseum, Roman Forum, tenn
pies and arches, statues and masonry
stand in their grandeur, solemn and
speechless, gray with age and cracked
and somewhat crumbled by the elements
and time. But they speak out as you
stand before them, in words impossible
to repeat, of struggles, triumphs, dis
graces and glories, of times when the
great America lay unnoticed, uninhab-
tied, on the bosom of the mighty oceans.
Let each imagine their thoughts as
they would stand in the Roman Forum,
on the pavements of the Via Sacra or
the steps of the basilica, and think of
those Caesars and emperors who had
trod those same stones, or stand on the
rostrum on which Cicero, Mark Antony
and Caesar delivered their orations, and
the same great arches which stand be-
fore you resound back their voices as
they would yours to day. Think of this
and you will know our feelings. Stand
in the arena of the Coliseum and gaze
at the empty seats around that vast cir
Gle, and imagine how many hundred
human beings had stood in the self
same spot gazing at those seats which
were filled with thousands of peo-
pie and only waiting for the wild beasts,
whose caverns you see below, to rush
out and end their lives. This grand
ruin speaks in the same silent language
as you gaze at the old arches of Con-
stantine. Mule-carts will pass under
them, and the drivers will look at you
and then at the arch, wondering what
there is about it that attracts your at
tention. The baths of Caracalla are
massive ruins, showing rooms where
thousands could battle at once, with in
laid marble floors and evidences of hav-
ing been eXtravagantly fitted up. The
Mamertine prison, consisting of two
dungeons cut in the solid rock, one be-
low the other, is very decidedly UNI
comfortable place. Here is the tower
where Jugurtha was starved to death,
the apostles Peter and Paul were i'm
prisoned. The cold and dampness
sends a chill over you, Independent OF
the emotional one, as you imagine your
self in their places, here to remain nc
one to know how long. Oh, blessed
civilization = Cor. Troy Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
The Light of Love.

Fair is the flush of the summer dawn,
When the gate of pearl uncloses,
As 1t gimmers along the dewy lawn
And shimmers amid the rosesi
As 1t wakes the little drops of dew
To quiverings of delight,
And threads the aisles Of the forests through
on the trail of the flying night
Soft is the CLEAN of the summer etars,
When the feverish day is over,
When the fays are anoat in sivery cars
And the dusky moth is a rover.
When over the couch of the dreaming flowers
The mists of the fountain creep,
And the languid ears Of the drowsy hours
Are wooed by song of the deep.
But the dazzling hues of the morning fall
And dull are its golden lances,
And all the light of the stars grow pale
In my darlng's tender chances;
For the stars may burn with a thousand dyes,
And myriad sunbeams fall.
But the light of love in a woman's eyes
Is the purest light of all. -Ner FORK World.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
A Word About Catarrh.

" 1t is the mucous membrane. that wonderful semi
fluid envelope surrounding the delicate tissues of
the air and food passages that CatarIh makes its
stronghold. Once established 1t eats into the very
vitals. and renders life but longdrawn breath of
misery and disease, dung the sense of hearing,
trammeng the power of speech, destroying the
faculty of SMELL tantng the breath and killing the
refined pleasures of taste Insidiously, by creeping
on from simple cold in the head, it assaults the
membraneous lining and envelops the bones. eating
through the delicate coats and causing inflammation
sloughing and death. Nothing short of total Grad
icaton will secure health to the patient and all
alternatives are simply procrastinated suiferings,
leading to fatal termination SANFoRD's RAD
1CAL CURE, by Inhalation and by Internal admin
istration, has failed even when the disease
has made frightful nroads delicate constitutions
hearing, smell and taste have been recovered, and
the disease thoroughly driven out"
SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE consists of one bottle
of the RADICAL CURE, one box CATARRHAL SOL
VENT and one IMPROVED INHALER, neatly wrapped
in one package, with fun directions; price Sl.O0.
POTTER DRUG Il CHEMICAL CO., Boston.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
A Letter to Sybil Snyder.

Sister Syba Il have been won
dering all through these roasting sum-
mer days if / were never to hear from
you again; wondering whetheryou have
opened that " old maids home for chill
dren" or whether you and Tabby are
still devoting your energies to knitting
for the heather. By the way, if the
weather in Africa is half as torrid as
here among the Vermont hills / am
thinking how they must be suffering
for socks and wooden night-caps.) But,
as | was saying, | have wondered if |
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
" Hasty Pudding.v

do not deal in cooking recipes, and
if any one inquire how hasty pudding
is made / refer him to the poem on
that subject by Joel Barlow, who for
many years was the bard of America.
Barlow was reared in Connecticut, and
said, in the above mentioned poem
My father loved thee through his length of days;
For thee his fields were shaded DER with maize;
Thy constellation ruled my natal morn,
Delicious grain, whatever form it take,
To- roast Of 5lI boil to smother or to bake
But most, my hasty pudding, most in thee.
A very interesting feature in the his
tory of this poem is the fact that it was
written in Europe. Barlow was one of
the earliest American visitors thither
after the revolution, and of course he
missed his favorite dish. Whatever
might be the treasures of Paris, there
was no hasty pudding, and he indig-
nantly eXclaims:
For thee through Paris-that corrupted town
How long in vain wandered up and down.
No doubt this sharpened appetite
assisted inspiration, for on reaching
Savoy he found a family which had
knew how to cook it. Hence he says:
unprOntSeu
Expands my heart to meet thee in Savoy
greet my lost but not forgotten friend
Yes here, though distant from our native Shore
With mutual glee we meet and laugh once more.
"Hasty Pudding" is a national and
also philanthropic poem, and the
author, to show his earnestness in an
attempt to dignity plebian dish, dedi-
Gated it to Mrs. Washington. He gives
as reason that he desired her influence
to combat vicious tastes Gin cookery
and to restore simplicity of diet, and he
adds: had hopes of doing some good,
or l should not have taken the pains of
putting so many rhymes together or
ventured to place your name at their
head" Barlow was one of the first to
notice the bad effect of modern cookery
which awoke the following lament:
To mix the food by vicious rules of art
To kill the stomach and to sink the heart;
For this the kitchen muse first framed her book,
mn Ny from an Every ar reS
And friends to physic wondered why they died.
To " sink the heart" of course re.
fers to dyspepsia, which is one of the
common consequences of artificial liv'
ing, and the improving nature of Bar
lows favorite dish is suggested in the
following couplet:
To shield the morals while it mends the size
And all the powers of every food supplies.
Such, reader, is the commentator
this forgotten dish received from The
chief bard and diplomat of his day, anC
| hope it will not be lost upon you
Should it lead you to read Hast,
Pudding" you will find it rich il
sketches of early days, and you will
also find in it the only utterance of th'
author which lives and must Away
live. Nothing survives of Barlow
epics, but in g Hasty Pudding" h
gives us the " man of straw" and VIII,
has not heard that term used to repre-
sent the shams of the day? 1t is intro
duced when speaking of the need of ;
scarecrow,
The feathered robber. with his hungry NAV,
Swift flies the field before your man of straw.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
Strange Foods.

The old saying that what is one mans
meat is another mans poison is real
lied in the opposite tastes of people.
The Turks shudder at the thought of
eating oysters. The Digger Indians of
the Pacific coast rejoiced in the great
locust swarms of 1875 as dispensation
of the great spirit, and laid in store
of dried locust powder sufficient to last
them for several years. The French
will eat frogs, snails and the diseased
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24

DYSPEPSIA makes the lives of many
people miserable and often leads to
seli-destruction. We know of no
remedy for dyspepsia more successful
than Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t acts
gently, yet surely and efficiently, tones
the stomach and other organs, removes
the faint feeling, creates good appe-
tite, cures headache and refreshes the
burdened mind. Give Hoods Sarsa-
parilla fair trial. 1t will do you good.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
advertisements.
Baby Humors
And all Skin and Scalp Dis
eases Speedily Cured
by Cuticura.

our little will be four years of age on the 25th
instant. In May, 1885, he was attacked with n very
painful breaking out of the skin. We called IN a
physician, who treated him about -four weeks. The
child received little or no good from the treatment
the breaking out supposed by the physician to be
hives in aggravated form, became larger in
blotches, and more and more distressing We were
frequently obliged to get up in the night and rub him
with soda in water, strong liniments, etc. Finally
we called other physicians, until no less than six
had attempted to cure him, all alike falling and the
child steadily getting and worse, until about
the Goth of last July, when we began to give him
CUTiCURA REsoLvENT internally and the CuTl
CURA and CUTICURA SOAP externally, and by the
last of August he nearly well that we gave
him only one dose of the REsoLvENT about every
second day for about ten days longer aud he has
never been troubled since with the horrible malady
In all used less than One-half of bottle of Gu
TICURA REsoLvENT, a little less than one box of
CUT1CuRA, and only one cake of CuTICuRA SOAP.
II. T.. RYAN, Cayuga, Livingston County, Ill.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this lth day OF
January, 1887. G. n. COE, y. l.,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
Green Mountain Seminary,
Waterbury, Center, Vermont.

With seven associate teachers. College Preparatory,
Classical, English and Commercial courses of study
for both sexes Excellent facilities in Music Elocu-
ton, Drawing and Painting. one of the best Com
mercial Schools in New England Photography n
specially, Location healthy; scenery beautiful; no
saloons; boarding accommodations excellent; eN-
w. 1881
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
SCROEULOUS HUMORS.

Last spring was very sick being covered with
some kind of scrofua. The doctors could not help
me. was advised to try the CUTICURA REsoLv-
ENT. did so, and In day grew better and bet
ter, until am well ever thank you for 1t
very much and would like to have it told to the
public.
EDw HOFFMAN,, North Attleboro, Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24

The list of silver pills " is legion, but
there are none better, few equal and
many much worse than Hahnemann's
Homeopathic Pellets. Although they
are small, the final results from their
use is wonderful.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
Mistellanp.
A Smnlleann.

beauteous sunbeam from afar
Thet gaddens my breakfasttime,
Thou hast left the gate of heaven ajar-
am glad I can call thee mine.
Thou hast kissed the pyramids stony cheek,
Thou hast pierced the vale of woe,
Thou hast glinted the mountains snow-clad peak
What secrets thy heart must know
Cora BdHkS Pierce.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24

CUTICURA, the great skin cure, and CUTICURA
SOAP prepared from it, externally, and CUTICURA
REsOLV ENT, the new blood purifier internally,
positive cure for every form of skin and blood dis
ease, from pimples to scrofula.
Sold everywhere Price, CUTICURA, fifty cents
CuTICURA SOAP, twenty-five cents; CUT1CuRA RE-
SOLVENT, ~ 90. Prepared by POTTER DRUG AND
CHEMICAL Co., Boston,
Send for Chow to Cure Skin Diseases"
DEMPLES, Blackheads. skin Blemshes and Baby
] 1W Humors use CUTICURA SOAP.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
SKIN DISEASE CURED.

Mr.. Frank McClusky says that your CuT1cuRA
REMEDIES cured his boy of skin disease after sew
eral doctors had failed to help the boy lie spent
over hundred dollars with doctors CUT1CURA
REMEDIES cured him.
j. Z. TIFFANY. Pleasant Mount, Pa.
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VETERINARY SURGERY

Having completed my studies in veterinary med
cine and surgery, am prepared to do all work per-
tanning to the same In scientific manner. Surgery
and the treatment of lameness specially. Gelding
performed by a new method, without use of clamps.
Calls by telegraph promptly attended to-
l.. c. WAKEFIELD, d. V. s.,
MONTPELIER, VT,
Graduate of the American Veterinary College
New York City.
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DISTRICT AGENCY
DISTRICT AGENCY
OF THE
Conn. Mutual Life Insurance Co.
FOR THE
Montpelier District, vt.

MONTPELIER, July |, lSs7.
Having been appointed to fill the vacancy coca
stoned by the resignation of Mr. j. d. wilkins, gem
eral agent for the above company for Vermont, to
take effect July lst proximo, all collections of pre-
miums and renewals in this district-vZ.: Washing
ton, Orange, Caledonia, Essex, Orleans and Lamoille
counies-will he made by ON and after that date.
The office of the district agent will be in Montpelier,
VT, to which place all remittances and communica-
tons should he sent. A cordial cooperation of the
policy-holders for the increase of business for the
company throughout the district is earnestly so
cited. All parties DESTROYS of obtaining first class
insurance are cordially invited to communicate with
this office. Very respectfully,
j. X. SEANER, District Agent.
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To sink the heart" of course re-
fers to dyspepsia, which is one of the
common consequences of artificial liv-
ing, and the improving nature of Bar
lows favorite dish is suggested in the
following couplet:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24

To mix the food by vicious rules of art
To kill the stomach and to sink the heart
For this the kitchen muse first framed her book,
Commanding sweets from every artfu cook;
Children no more their antic gambols tried
And friends to physiC wondered why they died.